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  2. Flores de Mayo - Wikipedia

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    The Santacruzan (from the Spanish santa cruz, "holy cross") is the ritual pageant held on the last day of the Flores de Mayo. It honours the finding of the True Cross by Helena of Constantinople (known as Reyna Elena ) and Constantine the Great .

  3. Annual events in Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Flores de Mayo - Also known as Santacruzan, it is a parade of the region's loveliest ladies depicting the search and discovery of Christ's Cross by Queen Helena and Constantine. Held all over the capital region month-long, schedule depends on the communities hosting the event.

  4. May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Wikipedia

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    The celebration is highlighted by the Santacruzan, a ritual pageant celebrating the Finding of the Holy Cross. Young ladies, often called reynas (“queens”), are chosen to represent biblical figures such as Judith , Marian titles taken from the Litany of Loreto (e.g. Rosa Mística ), and other traditional or allegorical figures (e.g. Reyna ...

  5. Helena, mother of Constantine I - Wikipedia

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    Her discovery of the Cross along with Constantine is dramatised in the Santacruzan, a ritual pageant in the Philippines. Held in May (when Roodmas was once celebrated), the procession also bears elements of the month's Marian devotions. A Santacruzan procession is also held by the Filipino community of Jersey City, New Jersey. [61]

  6. Santacruzan - Wikipedia

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  7. List of festivals in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The origin of most early festivals, locally known as "fiestas", are rooted in Christianity, dating back to the Spanish colonial period when the many communities (such as barrios and towns) of the predominantly Catholic Philippines almost always had a patron saint assigned to each of them.

  8. Valenzuela, Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Each barangay in Valenzuela have their own feast. Most of them launch celebrations during May and April to honor patron saints and bounty harvest. Every April 26, a santacruzan is performed along with Santa Cruz Festival in Barangay Isla. A santacruzan is a novena procession commemorating St. Helena's mythical finding of the cross. St.

  9. Santa Cruz (band) - Wikipedia

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    Arttu Kuosmanen and Joonas Parkkonen formed Santa Cruz in 2007, with bassist Mitja Toivonen joining in 2008. The band released two demos in 2008–2009. [4] After changing a number of temporary drummers, [5] they settled for a full-time drummer, Taz Fagerström in 2009, becoming a four-member band. [6]